The Stone (Peter McArthur Poems)
A MAN! A man! There is a man loose in Canada,A man of heroic mould, a 'throwback' of earlier ages,Vigorous, ...
Peter McArthur Poems (40 Poems)
Dolce Far Niente (Peter McArthur Poems)
From AguilarIS life worth loafing ? Come, recline with meAnd lazily this fragant afternoonWe'll weigh the idle theme. I often ...
An Indian Wind Song (Peter McArthur Poems)
THE wolf of the winter wind is swift, And hearts are still and cheeks are pale,When we hear his howl in ...
In Oblivion (Peter McArthur Poems)
COME, friend, there's going to be a merry meetingAfter the play. Our masks we'll throw aside,And after chaff and chat ...
“All In!” (Peter McArthur Poems)
"I'm all in!"-Bob FitzsimmonsNOT on your life, Bob; not on your life! The Muse salutes you!And if there still be ...
Sugar Weather (Peter McArthur Poems)
WHEN snow-balls on the horses' hoofs And the wind from the south blows warm,When the cattle stand where the sunbeams beat And ...
Silence (Peter McArthur Poems)
ITOILING through ruined temple-halls, where TimeHad dwelt with Havoc, eager searchers found,With shattered idols that bestrewed the ground,An image strange, ...
To Mr Fashionable Fiancee (Peter McArthur Poems)
I SOMETIMES think it would be sweetIf we were like the olden lovers-The simple-hearted ones we meetIn musty books with ...
To The Birds (Peter McArthur Poems)
HOW dare you sing such cheerful notes? You show a woful lack of taste;How dare you pour from happy throats Such merry ...
To The Sponsors For Daniel Carman McArthur, (Peter McArthur Poems)
Baptized January ad, 1898.YE hardy folk who boldly standBetween this boy and sin,I trust you quite appreciateThe fix that you ...
Corn-Planting (Peter McArthur Poems)
THE earth is awake and the birds have come, There is life in the beat of the breeze,And the basswood tops ...
The End Of The Drought (Peter McArthur Poems)
LAST night we marked the twinkling stars, This morn no dew revived the grass,And oft across the parching fields We see the ...
A Thaw (Peter McArthur Poems)
THE farm-house fire is dull and black,The trailing smoke rolls white and lowAlong the fields till by the woodIt banks ...
A Confession (Peter McArthur Poems)
DEAR little boy, with wondering eyesThat for the light of knowledge yearn,Who have such faith that I am wiseAnd know ...
Birds Of Passage (Peter McArthur Poems)
WHEN the maples flame with crimsonAnd the nights are still with frost,Ere the summer's luring beautyIs in autumn glory lost,Through ...
Man (Peter McArthur Poems)
HE marks his shadow in the sun,His form is fair, his dream is proud;But shadow, form, and dream are ...
Parents Plea (Peter McArthur Poems)
MY little boy is eight years old,He goes to school each day;He doesn't mind the tasks they set-They seem to ...
To Bernhardt (Peter McArthur Poems)
OF all that felt thy spell I envied one,A youth whose sightless eyes were dimly turnedWhere Tosca's soul with breathless ...
The Shaw Memorial (Peter McArthur Poems)
(As it appeared during a snowstorm.)THE chiselled fineness we can but surmise;All that is delicate in form and mouldTo-day has ...
To D. A. Mackellar (Peter McArthur Poems)
MY cherished dead, when last your placid browI saw through tears and ne'er on earth again,With trembling ...
Dreams (Peter McArthur Poems)
IF every thought shall weigh in the award,And every dream as if fulfilled shall stand,Who may complain or deem the ...
Duty (Peter McArthur Poems)
IF "Yea" and "Nay" were words enough for Him,Who taught beyond the lessons of all teaching,With works nor Time nor ...
Earthborn (Peter McArthur Poems)
HURLED back, defeated, like a child I soughtThe loving shelter of my native fields,Where Fancy still her magic sceptre wields,And ...
Summum Bonum (Peter McArthur Poems)
HOW blest is he that can but love and doAnd has no skill of speech nor trick of artWherewith to ...
The Ocean Liner (Peter McArthur Poems)
LIKE some bewildered monster of the deep,Groping to freedom through the baffling tide,She blunders forth, while nuzzling at her sideThe ...
Shakespeare (Peter McArthur Poems)
I MAY not tell what hidden springs I findOf living beauty in this deathless page,Lest the dull world, that chooses ...
Aspiration (Peter McArthur Poems)
HOW should I be the master of my waysWhen every nerve is vibrant to the sweepOf dreams that fill the ...
Questionings (Peter McArthur Poems)
LAUGHTER and Silence for a sword and shield!O aching heart, what war is this you wage ?What part have you ...
Life (Peter McArthur Poems)
DEAR God, I thank Thee for this resting place,This fleshly temple where my soul may dwell,And, like an anchorite within ...
Reticence (Peter McArthur Poems)
WE may not babble unto alien earsThe truth revealed, nor show to heedless eyesThe visioned beauty, lest with shame and ...